Moses Fayngold

MOSES FAYNGOLD

Curriculum Vitae


 contact:   fayngold@adm.njit.edu 

 

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics 

NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Tashkent, USSR, 1967

M.S. in Physics 

STATE UNIVERSITY, Samarkand, USSR, 1962.

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

Senior Visitor Research Assistant Professor, 1993 1999

Department of Applied Math. & Phys., POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, New York, USA

Research into low dimensional crystals and periodic dielectric wave guides

Light interaction with molecules moving near an interface

Optical resonances in dielectric cavities. 

 

(Phys. Rev. B, 1995; APS meeting, St. Louis, March 1996; JOSA A, 1997;

DAMOP of APS meeting, Santa Fe, 1998; ICAPT conference, Ottawa, Canada, 1998) 

 

Engineer Researcher Senior Researcher, 1986 92

Department of Oil Products Control, INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL THERMO PHYSICS, Kiev, USSR

 Spectral analysis and X ray fluorescence in oil products

Optical transitions in the hole cathode spectral lamps

Transmission of X radiation through the 2 layered filters 

(Indust. Thermo Phys., 1988, 1990; Journal of Applied Spectr., 1990,1991; Intern. Labmate, 1990) 

 

Visiting Researcher, 1977 85

Department of Theoretical Physics, INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, Kiev, USSR , 1975 85

 

General Physics:

Relativity, superluminal motions, tachyions, and tachyion like objects

(Einstein Collection, 1977; Journal of Techn. Phys., 1977, 1978, 1980; Radio physics, 1979;

Theorhetical and Math. Phys., 1981; Ukr. Phys. Journal, 1982; Kwant, 1991)

 

Optics:

Double reflection in a deep paraboloid; non diffractive beams; lighting engineering (Radiophys., 1981, 1984)

 

Astrophysics:

Light propagation near a black hole (Astron. Journal, 1979).

 

Particle Solid Interactions:

Space charge limited currents in pure insulators

 Theoretical prediction of neutral particle channeling (experimentally confirmed 10 years later)

 Neutron, X Ray, and light scattering and bound states in low dimensional crystals

 Sub Surface channeling of relativistic positrons

(Ukr. Phys. Journal, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987; Solid State Com., 1981; 

Journal of Sov. Phys., 1985, 1987; Journal of Tech. Phys., 1990, 1991; 

Journal of Exp. and Theor. Phys. (JETP), 1985, 1989; Journal of Theor. and Math. Phys., 1988)

 

Junior Researcher 1967 69

Radiation Physics Department, NUCLEAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Tashkent, USSR

Spiral scattering (orbiting) in the atomic and nuclear collisions (Nucl. Phys., 1967).

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Special Lecturer, 1999 present, Department of Physics, NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, NJ, USA
Lecturing, recitation, and Lab instruction on Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Optics, and Special Relativity
Courses taught:
Introductory Physics (Ph 102, 105, 106, 111)
Introductory EM (Ph 121)
Electromagnetism I, II (Phys 432, 433)
Astronomy and Astrophysics (Phys 202)
Classical Electrodynamics (Phys 621)

Adjunct Professor and Lab Instructor, 1995 99, TECHNICAL COLLEGE OF CUNY, New York, USA
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (BMCC), New York, USA
Lecturing and recitation on Mechanics and Electromagnetism
Lecturing and Lab instruction on Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Thermodynamics, and Optics

Senior Visitor Adjunct Professor of Physics, 1993 99, POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, New York, USA 
Lecturing and recitation on Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electromagnetism, Optics, and Modern Physics.

Senior Lecturer, 1970 85, STATE PLANETARIUM, Kiev, USSR 
Composing, writing, and delivering popular scientific lectures: 
The poem of Stars (a spectacular lecture show)
The law of Gravitation 
Lunar Chariot 
Bio field: myths and reality 
Life as seen by a Physicist 
Albert Einstein and Relativity
To the boundaries of the Solar System
Atomic energy and the environmental problems
Man and the Universe 
Neutron stars and black holes 
Journey to atom's depths 
Neutrino and the Universe 
Space ships of the future
Are we alone in the Universe? 
Soyuz Apollo Mission 

Lecturer, 1965 67, Department of Theoretical Physics, STATE UNIVERSITY, Samarkand, USSR
Lecturing and recitation on Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, and Astronomy on the graduate level.

 

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

  • The Spiral Scattering of Ions and Atoms, Intern. Conference on the Physics of Electron and Atom Collisions, Leningrad, 1967
  • On the Theory of Space Charge Limited Currents in Insulators, All Union Conference on the Dielectric Electronics. Tashkent, 1973
  • On Sensitivity of the Electron Capture Detectors with Admixtures, All Union Conference on Gas Chromatography. Tbilisi, 1976
  • High Energy Photon Channeling in Spatially Periodic Structures, All Union Meeting on Interaction of Radiation with Solids. Kiev, 1976
  • The Bragg Diffraction and Channeling Regimes in Bulk Lattices., Regional Meeting on Holography, Kiev, 1982
  • A New Possible Mechanism of Total Reflection of X Rays., Biennial Session of Academy of Science of USSR, Moscow, 1984
  • Circular Channeling of Neutral Particles, All Union Meeting on Particle Crystal Interactions. Moscow, 1985
  • On One Mode States in High Energy Positron Channeling in Crystals, Biennial Session of Academy of Science of USSR, Moscow, 1986
  • Scattering, Bound States, and Channeling in Low Dimensional Crystals, Workshop on Scattering in Quantum Systems, Obninsk, 1990.
  • Resonances and Bound States in Low Dimensional Crystals, New Jersey Academy of Science, Monmouth College, NJ, 1994
  • High Precision Remote Sensing of a Microsphere Distortion, Intern. Conference on Applications of Photon. Techn. (ICAPT), Ottawa, Canada, 1998

 

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL HONORS / AWARDS 

  • Certificate of Appreciation, Polytechnic University, New York, 1993
  • New York Academy of Sciences Fellowship to a Distinguished Refugee Scientist, New York, 1993
  • Institute of Technical Thermo Physics Research Achievements Award, Kiev, 1989
  • Institute of Physics Outstanding Publication Award (Shared with V. Vinetsky), v, 1982

 

LICENSES OR CERTIFICATES

1. Quality Control & Analytical Service in the Pharmaceutical, Food, and Cosmetics Industries, June 1994, BNAI ZION SCIENTIST DIVISION & RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY

2. English as a Second Language, May 18, 1993, LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY 

 

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Books

Special Relativity and Motions Faster than Light, Wiley VCH, Weinheim, 2002

 

Papers

1. Glory and Rainbow effects in neutron scattering by inclusions in isotropic mediums, Sov. Phys. Techn. Phys., 37, 388, (1992) 

2. Band spectrum cutoff in a compound 1 D crystal, Phys. Rev. B, 52, 8721, (1995) 

3. High frequency radiation in surface channeling, Proceedings of the APS meeting, St. Louis, March 1996 

4. Glare ring spectroscopy and spherical particle imaging with back scattered light, Journal of the Opt. Soc. of America A, 14, 1825, (1997) 

5. Light interaction with molecules moving near an interface, DAMOP meeting of APS, Santa Fe, NM, May 1998

6. High precision remote sensing of microsphere distortion, Proceedings of ICAPT, Ottawa, Canada, July 1998

 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 

1. Optical Society of America (1996 2003)

2. Planetary Society (1994 96)

3. The American Physical Society (1992 present) 

 

PERSONAL

US citizen; married, 2 children

Hobbies: reading and traveling